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- Title
AUTHENTICITY OF THE ALCIBIADES I: SOME REFLECTIONS.
- Authors
Jirsa, Jakub
- Abstract
This text maps the history of debate on the authenticity of Plato's or pseudo-Plato's Alcibiades I. The first doubts were raised by Friedrich Schleiermacher at the beginning of nineteenth century and the debate became vigorous again after Denyer' s and Pradeau-Marboeuf's attempts to argue for Plato's authorship couple of years ago. I discuss several particular points raised against the authenticity (lexical, literary, stylistic and philosophical problems) and I will show that none of them stands on its own. Further, when taken together these points do not prove the dialogue to be a bogus work. The debate, I conclude, is open; however the tendency in the last decade is in favour of Plato's authorship rather than against it.
- Subjects
PLATO, 428-347 B.C.; AUTHORSHIP; DENYER, Nicholas; PRADEAU, Jean-Francois; STYLE (Philosophy); ANCIENT philosophy
- Publication
Folia Philologica / Listy Filologicke, 2009, Vol 132, Issue 3/4, p225
- ISSN
0024-4457
- Publication type
Article